Topic: What's you gaming setup like?

@The_Nintendo_Expat The lightgun genre really needs to come back. The Timecrisis cab also comes with Point Blank and Steel Gunner. Its Sinden tech and largely accurate (Wii accurate ish). The CRT was a bargain at £50 a couple of months ago. No fake scan lines here 😀

I only have 1 basic setup that's permanent on my bedroom.

A 40'' Samsung Smart TV with a Hyundai Soundbar (cannot remember the exact models for each, will check that out later) with a Wii U to the left and a Nintendo Switch to the right currently hooked to it.
If I feel in the mood, I set up on a separate small table my Nintendo 64 or Gamecube via a N64 to HDMI adapter and long HDMI cable. In fact, the latter is currently set up.

Not the best if you want a crispy image, but it does the job just fine for what I want, which is to actually play the games.

My Wii would also have some action if it weren't for the fact that it's busted.

I have a 32'' CRT TV in an unused room but I haven't used it in about 13 1/2 years. If possible, I'd like to change it for a smaller CRT, then my non-HD systems would go there. That CRT is probably the third heaviest thing in my house.

In my office:
PC hooked up to 3 monitors, 2 are ultrawides, main one is an alienware OLED.
Switch 2 dock connects to one of my PC's capture cards and then goes to the main monitor, I just switch it to HDMI when I want to play on my switch.
I don't usually keep all my controllers at my desk because it's cluttered with hi-chew wrappers, I have a shelf on the other side of the room with my controllers on it. Just the switch 2 pro con lives at the desk.
Really uncomfortable office chair that desperately needs replacing

Bedroom:
Samsung QLED 4K TV mounted extra high so I can see it comfortably while laying in bed (really amazing picture but the menu absolutely sucks and it always defaults my switch 2 to the really low latency non-gaming mode)
Bedside table with a drawer that usually either contains my switch 2 or my GPD win mini

Maybe if I can be bothered tidying up my office I'll post a photo

I used to have a CRT a few years back but it started making a really nasty burning smell so I threw it out, my retro home consoles have sat unused ever since

@The_Nintendo_Expat
I still prefer plasma for movies(Like my past S60 panasonic 60" 2012 plasma), just because the motion clarity is so much better than OLED and there's less noticeable judder, but most plasmas i find are practically useless for gaming because over 95% of them are pushing well beyond a frame of lag, compared to the 10ms of OLED/QD-OLED. Plasma's? Typically in the 30+ range and onwards. Your character will feel like he's hopping around with an anvil tied around his waist, that or metal pants and a ball and chain strapped to his or her ankle. Where's the fun in that? But if somebody doesn't have a reference as to how these games are actually supposed to feel than they won't know what they're missing. Plus they're usually kind of dim, nor are you getting true blacks and the other modern perks of QD-OLED. still, plasma motion can be fantastic and they go for next to nothing off Market Place.

And if you're coming from a good plasma, the best alternative imo, is a 'QD'-OLED TV(Samsung S90F or S90D for ex) paired with a RetroTINK4K Scaler to retain good motion clarity, using it's black frame insertion setting for all games clocked at 60fps. It's an expensive route to take, but if you want the best of the best based on what's currently available and you value motion, look no further.

The 2026 Samsung S90H is dropping this spring, it can get a little brighter and it has 165hz support. But unfortunately it's rocking an anti-glare filter/or Matte finish which supposedly has a negative effect on black levels, colours and overall clarity. Bummer!

Great thread. People should share what their set up was when they first began playing videogames, too!

Now: nice big TV, recliner couch
Then: wooden block of a living room TV, on a swivel, with the NES on the ground and me laying on my belly about two feet from it

Good idea!

My first gaming setup was a 1080p TV on a different media console. All I had at the time was a family PlayStation 3, which I only used for Minecraft, the Demo version of Lego Batman 3 (which I didn't realize was a demo until years later in retrospect), and my first game ever: some WWI-themed airplane dogfight simulator (of course I later outgrew that and started playing the much more mature Mario).

@The_Nintendo_Expat Yeah, I'm sure HDR can look great with enough effort and the right TV, but the colors always looked a little off to me. I've been tinkering with it for a good while, too. I did get pretty close... but when I tried out Donkey Kong Bananza with it, the colors were just a bit off. They looked a bit brighter than I expected.

I won't mind upgrading to a newer TV, once my current one bites the dust of course. It's still working OK for now. Though the next time I get a TV, it's not gonna be a smart TV because I don't like those. They can get laggy and I don't like how they can collect personal data and stuff like that.

@Game_n_Watch_it_pal When I first picked up a controller, my dad had his SNES set up in the living room. I remember playing Super Mario All-Stars for a little bit as a kid... and not being very good at it at the time, lol. I remember it was a Samsung TV with a cable box, VCR (I don't remember the brand name of it though), and the aforementioned SNES.

Setup for "current" consoles is a 48" LG OLED from a few years ago, with a Sony AV Receiver (STR-1080 I think) for surround sound with a set of Tannoy MX Speakers which I've just realised must be at least 25 years old! Do Tannoy even still exist?

Xbox Series X and PS5 connected directly through the TV for 4K as I don't think the Receiver does 4K - at least not 4K/120. Switch OLED and PS3 are connected via the Received. PS3 obviously not current, but it's got HDMI so 🤷‍♂️

Pre-HDMI consoles are connected via a Kramer VP-728 scaling switcher to a 22" PC monitor, but the plan was to eventually hook it up to the TV or receiver at some point.

I had a small Sharp Linytron TV, yes, with the channel knobs, and a Super NES hooked up to it.

Simple and to the point.

Don't ask how I remember my old childhood TV. It was mostly used for my SNES and Nickelodeon.

@The_Nintendo_expat No, but both my brother and sister do

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thats cool. I always kinda wished I'd learned piano. ✌️